Rail-joint.



No. 799,512. PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905. J. A. B. WILSON & H. A. WISE.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED 11:19. 1905.

tame STATES PATENT oi rion.

JAMES A. B. WVILSON AND HENRY A. WISE, OF MAMMOTH, WEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Patented Sept. 12, 1905.

Application filed" January 19, 1905. Serial No. 241,718.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES A. B. WILSON and HENRY A. WISE, citizens of the United States, residing at Mammoth, county of Kanawha, and State of West Virginia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in rail-joints, and has for its object to provide a device whereby the ends of rails may be bound together and held in alinement or a broken rail may be repaired wiiiihout the use of bolts passing through the ra s.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of our device in use in binding two rails together; Fig. 2, a crosssection taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

A represents the rails.

B represents fish-plates which are adapted to come in contact with the web of the rail upon each side and also come in contact with theupper surface of the flange of the rail and extend downward outside of the flange and end flush with the bottom of the flange. At the upper end of each of the fishplates a projection B extends outward, so as to form an undercut shoulder B C represents blocks arranged in pairs, the blocks of each pair being opposite one another. Any number of these pairs of blocks can be used, as desired, along the length of the fish-plates, said blocks bearing against the vertical portion of the fish-plates underneath the shoulder B the blocks extending outward and resting upon the horizontal portion of the fish-plates, and the outer ends of said blocks extend around and a short distance underneath the ends of the horizontal portions of the fish-plates, as shown in Fig. 2, and the lower ends of said blocks extend a distance below the flange of the rail, and bolts upon the outer end of the bolt and serves to lock the bolt against turning.

When the device is to be used as a railjoint and not for the purpose of repairing a broken rail, holes are formed laterally "through the fish-plates, each of said holes coming-opposite one of the usual bolt-holes through the web of the rail. Pins E are then passed through the holes of the fish-plates and through the hole of the web of the rail to. keep the rails from moving longitudinally to the fish-plates. The pins E are smaller than the holes through the rail to allow for the expansion and contraction of said rails.

By the use of this device it will be seen that if a few of these splices are carried on a train or locomotive a broken rail can be easily and quickly repaired without the necessity of drilling holes through the rail, and the joint thus made will be as strong, if not stronger, than before the rail was broken, and bolts D will pass underneath the rail in contact with the lower surface of the flange thereof and will form a support for the rail. Simply by the addition of two pins the device can be used as a rail-joint for the joining together of two rails.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is In a rail-joint, a pair of fish-plates arranged upon opposite sides of the rail, each fish-plate consisting of a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, the vertical portion bearing against the web of the rail, and the horizontal portion restin upon the flange of the rail, the outer edge 0 the horizontal portion extending downward beyond the flange of the rail flush with the lower surface thereof, blocks arranged in pairs upon opposite sides, the inner ends ofvsaid blocks bearing against the vertical portion of the fish-plate, a projection extending outward from the up per edges of the fish-plates under which the inner ends of the blocks are adapted to lodge, the outer ends of the blocks embracing the outer edges of the fish-plates and extending downward below the lower surface of the to allow for expansion and contraction, as

same, bolts passing through one block of each and for the purpose specified.

pair and threaded into the opposite block of In testimony whereof we hereunto afliX said pair, nuts threaded upon the outer ends our signatures in the presence of two sub- 15 5 of the bolts beyopd the1 blooks,sa1i1d bollts pgssscribing witnesses.

in across direct un erneath t e rai an in co htact therewith: and pins passing through JAMES WILSON the vertical portions of the fish-plates and HENRY WISE through the web of the rail, the opening in Witnesses: 10 the web of the rail through which the pin R. W. PIOKERING,

passes being considerably larger than the pin JAs. H. MALONEY. 

